Aging Consultation
JFCS East Bay’s Aging Consultation program provides professional advice, tools, and strategies to navigate the complicated challenges of aging. Aging Consultation can be a one-time or ongoing service....
View ArticleSenior Housing Social Work
JFCS East Bay is proud to partner with Resources for Community Development (RCD) to provide on-site care coordination and social work for low-income seniors at Villa Vasconcellos in Walnut Creek and...
View ArticleDisability Services
JFCS East Bay’s Chaverim group provides social and educational opportunities for Jewish adults with mild to moderate developmental disabilities. The goal of Chaverim is to give East Bay Jews with...
View ArticleJob-Search Support
JFCS East Bay is proud to partner with JVS to offer free job-search workshops in our Berkeley office. Every other Tuesday morning, a JVS instructor provides an in-depth presentation on topics such as:...
View ArticleEmergency Financial Assistance
JFCS East Bay’s emergency financial assistance program, Project Ezra, offers compassionate and professional support for East Bay Jews in financial crisis. The program began in 1994 as a joint project...
View ArticleSupport Groups
Bereavement Support Group Wednesdays, 4:30 to 6:00 pm JFCS East Bay Berkeley office Contact: Helene Linker (510) 704-7480, ext. 745 This group offers heartfelt support and guidance for relatives and...
View ArticleChanging Lives
Thank you for making a difference in our community. Your donation changes lives and helps JFCS East Bay repair the world on a daily basis. Your donation of $1,000 or more . . . helps provide ongoing...
View ArticleNew Video
Introducing JFCS East Bay’s Micro-Documentary, which premiered at Art of Living on October 11, 2015. Art of Living 2015 from JFCS East Bay on Vimeo. The post New Video appeared first on JFCS East Bay.
View ArticleHow You Can Help Newly Arriving Refugees
JFCS East Bay is heartened by our community’s strong interest in welcoming and supporting newly arriving refugees. JFCS East Bay is currently resettling large numbers of Afghan refugees, some Iraqi...
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Cafe Europa: Chanukah Celebrations
A monthly gathering for Holocaust survivors, family, and friends. Please join Café Europa for our annual Chanukah celebrations. Come have fun, celebrate, eat latkes, and spend time with friends....
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Gathering for Good
Lauren Greenberg is JFCS East Bay’s Development Assistant. She shares some reflections on a recent orientation for people interested in volunteering with the agency. no one leaves home unless home is...
View ArticleWelcome the Stranger
In this KQED Perspective, Executive Director Avi Rose says the Syrian refugee crisis is a call to understand who the refugees are and act in the best of faith traditions. Over the past ten years of...
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Art of Living 2016
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View ArticlePrivacy Policy
We Value and Respect Your Privacy As you use the Jewish Family & Community Services of the East Bay (JFCS East Bay) website, you may be asked for personal information such as your name, postal...
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Refugees Welcome Fund
Every day, we are inundated by news and opinions about refugees. Some of it is informative and heartening; much of it is neither. In light of the current crisis, we at JFCS East Bay are proud to...
View ArticleEarly Childhood Mental Health Consultation
One of the things we focus on most intensively here at JFCS East Bay is early intervention in the lives of children who have been exposed to trauma. Because we know that children who are routinely...
View ArticleHolocaust Survivors find Community in Café Europa
Each month, JFCS East Bay’s conference room transforms into a vivacious center of cultural and intergenerational exchange for Café Europa. Café Europa brings dozens of Holocaust survivors, their...
View ArticleJFCS East Bay Receives Funds for Holocaust Survivor Care
JFCS East Bay is proud to announce that it was selected as one of 23 agencies across the country to receive a grant from the Jewish Federations of North America through their recently launched Center...
View ArticleIntervening in a Mother’s Life of Trauma
I meet with one of my clients in her apartment in Hayward. Out on the street, drug deals are openly taking place and sex workers are visible through the broken windows her landlord refuses to fix. I...
View ArticleNew Video
Introducing JFCS East Bay’s Micro-Documentary, which premiered at Art of Living on October 11, 2015. Art of Living 2015 from JFCS East Bay on Vimeo. The post New Video appeared first on JFCS East Bay.
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